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KLBC: another Zen story: <Dargh HIvje' teblu'bogh>
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- Subject: KLBC: another Zen story: <Dargh HIvje' teblu'bogh>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:28:12 -0500 (EST)
pagh wrote:
>maj. You've captured the spirit and even the style of a Zen koan in Klingon
>- a nice accomplishment.
>pagh
choquvmoH. qatlho'. latlh <Zen> lut vIja'.
*Dargh HIvje' teblu'bogh*
= *A Cup of Tea*
[Yes, that's the reason I asked how to translate "cup of tea".
While not referring to the cup, this title doesn't exactly
refer to the tea either. Hence my translation, lit.
"A Tea Cup Which Has Been Filled Up", which I hope captures the
spirit of the original.]
qaStaHvIS <Meiji> poH, yIn ghojmoHwI''a' ghaHbogh <Nan-in>'e'.
ghaH Such DuSaQ'a' ghojmoHwI'.
= During the Meiji era, there lived a great teacher named Nan-in.
A university professor came to visit him.
DuSaQ'a' ghojmoHwI'vaD Dargh qang <Nan-in>. buy'ta' HIvje' 'ach
qangtaH.
= Nan-in served tea for the professor. He poured the cup full,
but kept on pouring.
vIHtaHbogh Dargh 'e' bej DuSaQ'a' ghojmoHwI', vaj jotHa' 'ej qagh.
"buy'qu' HIvje'. 'ellaH pagh!" jatlh.
= The professor watched the overflowing tea, until he just had to
speak up. "It's too full. Nothing (more) will go in!"
"Dargh HIvje'vam bIrur," jatlh <Nan-in>. "nItebbej vuDlIj law'
qechlIj law' je. HIvje'lIj Dabuy'Ha'moHbe'chugh vaj
qaghojmoHlaHbe'."
= "Like this cup," said Nan-in, "you are full of your opinions and
ideas. Unless you first empty your cup, I cannot teach you."
[In the original Nan-in actually asks, "Unless you first empty your
cup, how can I teach you (Zen)?" but I felt a direct statement to
be more appropriate in the Klingon translation.]
Perhaps a simile (KGT p. 127) that might be used to describe the
professor is:
<buy'; Dargh HIvje' rur> "full as a tea cup"
implying that he is unable to learn because he is already full
of his own opinions.
--
De'vID
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